Concord Academy Boyne succumbs to illness

October 22, 2009|By Christina Rohn

Concord Academy Boyne has succumbed to the flu-like illness that has been sweeping Northern Michigan.

The charter school now joins three other public school districts in the area - including Boyne City, East Jordan and Harbor Springs - that have closed their doors for the remainder of the week as a result of illness.

Once school let out Wednesday, Oct. 21, Larry Kubovchick, administrator and principal for Concord Academy Boyne, announced that his school would be closed today, Thursday, and Friday.

"During the day Wednesday we thought we were doing OK, but by the end, we had up to about 40 kids absent," he said. "Some of the parents would say (their children) were sick, others would say they had a fever."

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Kubovchick said 40 students is about 19.5 percent of his total student population of 205.

In addition to this, Kubovchick said parents began to call into the school toward the end of the day Wednesday, informing school officials that they were going to keep their children home as a precautionary measure.

"With Boyne City and East Jordan already out, we figured we should just close up to break the cycle," he said.